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On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.
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Verse 5. Princes. The chief men joined in the schism and idolatry. Worthington.—Mad, with drinking at the king’s coronation, or at his coming to the crown. Calmet.—Bacchus presents three cups to the wise; the fourth is the cup of petulance, the fifth of shouts, the sixth of debauchery, and so forth Athen. Dipsc. ii. 1. Sirach 31:38.—Scorners. Septuagint “pestilent people,” who turn religion and piety to ridicule. Instead of repressing them, the king admits them to favour.
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